CVE-2025-4476

MEDIUM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6-10 - Denial of Service via Malformed WWW-Authenticate Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-4476. PoCs published by soltanali0.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional Python script that sends HTTP GET requests with an oversized Authorization: Basic header to trigger header-parsing issues, specifically targeting CVE-2025-4476 in libsoup. The script allows customization of payload length, request count, and delay, and supports both HTTP and HTTPS targets.

Description

A denial-of-service vulnerability has been identified in the libsoup HTTP client library. This flaw can be triggered when a libsoup client receives a 401 (Unauthorized) HTTP response containing a specifically crafted domain parameter within the WWW-Authenticate header. Processing this malformed header can lead to a crash of the client application using libsoup. An attacker could exploit this by setting up a malicious HTTP server. If a user's application using the vulnerable libsoup library connects to this malicious server, it could result in a denial-of-service. Successful exploitation requires tricking a user's client application into connecting to the attacker's malicious server.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC
by soltanali0 · pythonpoc
https://github.com/soltanali0/CVE-2025-4476-Exploit

This repository contains a functional Python script that sends HTTP GET requests with an oversized Authorization: Basic header to trigger header-parsing issues, specifically targeting CVE-2025-4476 in libsoup. The script allows customization of payload length, request count, and delay, and supports both HTTP and HTTPS targets.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: libsoup (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server · Python environment to run the script
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 22.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (5)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Published May 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026